Description: Reclus16_17 1892 Reclus print MAUCH CHUNK / JIM THORPE, PENNSYLVANIA (#17) Nice view titled Mauch Chunk - Vue generale, from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression, nice hand coloring, approx. page size 27 x 18 cm, approx. image size is 19 x 13 cm. From La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes, 19 vol. (1875-94), great work of Elisee Reclus. Jim Thorpe, borough, seat of Carbon county, eastern Pennsylvania, U.S., on the Lehigh River, in a valley of the Pocono Mountains, 21 miles (34 km) northwest of Allentown. It was created in 1954 with the merger of the boroughs of Mauch Chunk (inc. 1842) and East Mauch Chunk (inc. 1853) and was named for Jim Thorpe (1888-1953), the famous American Indian athlete. Thorpe's remains were brought from Oklahoma and interred in a nearby mausoleum (the Jim Thorpe Memorial). Following the local discovery of anthracite coal in 1791, the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company laid out the site and there built the first industrial railroad in the United States (1828), a gravity switchback line that hauled coal to the Lehigh Canal. Asa Packer, a coal baron, founded the Lehigh Valley Railroad to replace the canal in 1855. Mining has given way to the manufacture of textiles, clothing, handbags, and furniture. Flagstaff Mountain Park and Glen Onoko are nearby scenic spots. Pop. (1990) 5,048.
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Print Type: Engraving
Size Type/ Largest Dimension: Small (Up to 14'')
Style: Realism
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Material: Engraving
Date of Creation: 1800-1899
Subject: Landscape
Original/Reproduction: Original Print
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